#38278B#38278B

#38278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38278B
RGB	rgb(56, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 36.55, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 64.34, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0354 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.157 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0152, 4.1554, 24.8535)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38278B #7A8B27

analogous

#27488B #38278B #6A278B

triadic

#38278B #8B3827 #278B38

tetradic

#38278B #8B2748 #7A8B27 #278B6A

square

#38278B #8B2748 #7A8B27 #278B6A

split-complementary

#38278B #8B6A27 #488B27

monochromatic

#110C2B #251A5B #38278B #4B34BB #6F5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#38278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#38278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38278B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38278B	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#064256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7963ae',
    500: '#38278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38278b;
$custom-light: #7963ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3622,
    "c": 0.15654,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38278B

secondary

#A6B658

accent

#DF48C6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38278B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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